Biography:

Attorney, farmer, businessman. Born– June 10, 1890 in Gallion, Ala. Parents– William Micajah and Bertha Gracy (Steele) Spencer. Married– Margaret Woodward Evins in 1915. Children– Three. Education– graduated Marion Institute; University of Alabama, B.S.; Harvard University Law School, J.D. Practiced law in Birmingham until retirement in 1950; owned farms near Gallion and in Marengo Co.; directed Robertson Banking Co., and the Blackhawk Electric Corp. (Demopolis); board member Owens-Richard Co. and Metalplate and Coating, Inc.; board member Birmingham Botanical Society, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and Birmingham Museum. Birmingham’s “Man of the Year” 1968; registrar for Diocese of Alabama, 1937-1971.

Source:

Mr. Spencer’s son.

Publication(s):

The Stained Glass Windows in St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama. S.l.; s.n., 1955.

“X,” Symbol of Independence and Progress. New York; Newcomen Society in North America, 1956.